Fire at Tatas Mundra plant; generation to resume on 24 November

Full restoration of the station is likely by 3 December, the company said

PTI

Fire occurred in conveyor gallery and coal feeding conveyors were partly impacted, the statement said adding the company is taking all measures to deal with this incident. The conveyor repair work is in progress. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

New Delhi: Private power producer Tata Power Ltd on Monday said the companys Mundra plant which has been hit due to a fire at the site will resume electricity generation from 24 November. Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd, subsidiary of Tata Power which is operating the Mundra ultra mega power projects (UMPP) in Gujarat, would like to inform that generation from the plant has been temporarily shut down due to a technical incident caused by fire, the company said in a statement. The generation is expected to start from 24 November onwards progressively. Full restoration of the station is likely by 3 December, the statement said.

However, the company did not divulge the quantum of financial loss due to burning of the equipment as well as cost of coal stock destroyed by fire. Fire occurred in conveyor gallery and coal feeding conveyors were partly impacted, the statement said adding the company is taking all measures to deal with this incident. The conveyor repair work is in progress. All efforts are being made to expedite the matter, it added. According to sources, the procurer states will suffer loss of availability to the extent of 433 million units (Gujarat), 182 million units (Maharashtra), 91 million units each (Haryana and Rajasthan) and 114 million units (Punjab). The levelized tariff of the plant is Rs.2.26 per unit. The share of these states is 47.5%, 20%, 10%, 10% and 15%, respectively.